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We screenshot your email across providers

Every run captures rendered screenshots. See how your email looks in Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, Mail.ru — before a customer sees a broken layout.

Email clients render HTML inconsistently. A template that looks great in Gmail can break in Outlook (hello, conditional comments and image scaling), and a transactional receipt in ProtonMail can display as a wall of fallback text. Screenshots across providers, captured for every placement test, are the fastest way to catch it.

What we capture per test
  • Rendered screenshot from each provider's webmail (Gmail, Outlook.com, Yahoo, Mail.ru, Yandex, ProtonMail, iCloud web, GMX).
  • Desktop viewport + mobile viewport variants.
  • Before-click and after-image-load states where relevant.
  • Dark mode variant where the provider offers it.
  • Raw rendered HTML for diffing against your source.

What screenshot inspection catches that scoring doesn't

  • Broken fallback fonts — a brand font not allowed by the provider, rendered as Times.
  • Oversized images on Outlook desktop (image scaling rules).
  • CTA button outlines that collapse on dark backgrounds.
  • Unrendered CSS — gradients or custom properties the provider strips.
  • Tracking pixels that render as a visible 1×1 white dot on certain clients.
  • Conditional Outlook HTML that triggers unexpected fallback paths.
  • Right-to-left / bidirectional text rendering bugs.

How it works

  • Seed mailbox receives the message.
  • A rendering worker logs in (using service credentials), opens the message in the web client.
  • Screenshot captured deterministically at specified viewports.
  • Image + metadata attached to the placement report.

Use cases

  • QA before a campaign goes out — “does it look right everywhere?”
  • Regression when a designer changes a template — diff screenshots pre/post.
  • Client-facing proof for agencies — “here is what the email looks like in their provider”.
  • Debugging customer complaints — “my email is broken” means little until you see the screenshot.
Run and see the screenshots

Run a free test. Screenshots included in the report. No signup required.

FAQ

Is the screenshot what every user sees?

It's what the provider's web client renders. Native mobile apps (Gmail iOS, Outlook mobile) render slightly differently; we surface the major differences in our mobile variant.

Can I download screenshots?

Yes, PNG per provider per viewport. Available in the web UI and via API.

Do screenshots cost anything?

Included in the free tier on every test.
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